Member Since: 27 Dec 2013
Location: Kent
Posts: 951
Blackpool is like a dungeon compared to my car lol
The reason for the 100 watts is more revenge than poor vision lol I like to let ppl with fog lights on in good weather know that there is someone else out there who will blind them back lol
7th May 2016 5:27 pm
disco-nut
Member Since: 27 Dec 2013
Location: Kent
Posts: 951
Keep moving the spotlights to make more upgrades has made them very loose so my job next week will involve 2 things, Airhorn being mounted and wired up as I have ordered the wiring kit and the spotlights getting tightened up.
I am considering possibly fitting LED bulbs into the spotlights though as I don't like the yellowness of the colour of the light output.
I have also received the wireless transmitter kit for the reverse camera, So I am hoping to fit that on the stereo end ready for the camera to be fitted. But the camera will have to wait for a few more weeks as I want to be able to spend the day fettling with that to get it right. And while the radio is out, I will modify the inside of the dash and get the stereo to fit flush like it should.
Those indicator bulbs at night are shockingly bright. Not sure if my 100 watt spotlights or the indicator bulbs are the brightest compared to each other lol
8th May 2016 12:24 am
r4ff
Member Since: 30 Apr 2013
Location: York
Posts: 512
You'll need to update your profile pic too... it's looking very spotlightless what is this life, if full of care?
we have no time to stand and stare.
I am considering possibly fitting LED bulbs into the spotlights though as I don't like the yellowness of the colour of the light output.
If you want the lamps for vision rather than just show, then don't. LEDs will scatter light, and vs 100W bulbs will reduce the candela - possibly by a lot (a 100W bulb could easily be expected to produce around 2500lm - most small LEDs won't do a huge amount better, and even if it could produce twice the output, would still be likely to lead to a reduction in intensity once the reduced focus is accounted for). Aside from that, the warm colour is much, much better for the eyes than the poor light you get from high-output LEDs. Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
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9th May 2016 9:04 am
disco-nut
Member Since: 27 Dec 2013
Location: Kent
Posts: 951
Slightly off topic, but after being offered a job in a career I hadn't really properly thought about and with such hatred built up for certain authorities who abuse their power against vulnerable people and people in general, I declined the job but have just become a University student. I am studying to become a lawyer. The Discovery will be by my side still though. Very annoyed that it is double the cost of fees for uni if you don't live in Scotland though!
9th May 2016 2:39 pm
disco-nut
Member Since: 27 Dec 2013
Location: Kent
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r4ff wrote:
You'll need to update your profile pic too... it's looking very spotlightless
Done
10th May 2016 9:58 pm
disco-nut
Member Since: 27 Dec 2013
Location: Kent
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I finally got to try my spotlights at night, and all I can say is WOW, DAYLIGHT! Love them, and already got 1 idiot who had fog lights on in perfectly good weather at night back, I was dazzled by his foglights so I returned the favour
Also today I received the best news I could have in a long time, my for a next door neighbour is no longer my neighbour. They have found some other saps to live through hell with him as their neighbour. Sadly he is taking his time getting his stuff removed from the property. However the neighbours in my street are really pleased, but we are bracing ourselves for his final act. Several cars including mine have been vandalised, targeting particular residents and their visitors. So I have demanded that the police take some sort of action as we know who it is doing it!
As it was darker, I decided to take more photos
12th May 2016 11:19 pm
disco-nut
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Location: Kent
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Psycho struck again! Another screw was put it the tread of my tyre, this time the front passenger tyre. This was done today between 5pm and 8pm after I cam across him in Bexhill where a Mcdonalds cup with milkshake mysteriously appeared on my towbar with milkshake in it! So towbar had to be cleaned. And I ended up stranded in the middle of nowhere with a flat tyre!
And because 1 of the wheel nuts has ended up slightly out of shape I could not get the wheel brace on the nut and had to wait 75 minutes for the RAC to come on top of the 90 minutes spent getting the spare wheel down and the other nuts loosened.
Police informed and to be quite frank, I am ready to get violent. This man has no reason to keep coming back to our road as he has another property to go to and has since the 3rd May that I know of, been coming back almost daily, and a number of vehicles have now been vandalised in 1 way or another.
I will be making some calls on Monday and seeing if I can get an emergency injunction taken out to stop him from coming into the close.
I have been told that the tyre should be repairable as there is no visible or obvious tramlines in the wall, as I am not sure exactly how far I had to drive to get it to a safe place off a narrow but busy road. It was less than 500 yards which I know. And the screw was in a repairable location. I am extremely annoyed though as I was actually on my way to picking up a security gate for my door and had to email the lady and take a photo of the tyre to prove that I wasn't messing her around as I hate more than anything, not being able to follow through with something I have said I am going to do, and even worse, I was less than 1 mile from her place when I had to stop. Looks like another puncture repair is on the cards. Hoping to swing by the Tyre specialist I use Monday or Tuesday and just hope that it is a simple case of puncture repair. If not, the 17" wheel will have to stay on for a couple of weeks as we literally just on Saturday had a spending spree for stuff to do up the house and the garden
14th May 2016 11:38 pm
buffalo4
Member Since: 23 Apr 2016
Location: Doncaster
Posts: 230
Twelve bore material that one sounds like, I have had it myself, some little scrote had too much wkd and smashed a door mirror off a car that I use for work..police cannot do anything without evidence..but the little scrote has a wry smile on his boatrace every time he passes and I am outside grrrr.
15th May 2016 4:38 pm
disco-nut
Member Since: 27 Dec 2013
Location: Kent
Posts: 951
After a lot of arguing and plenty of emails exchanged the police are now trying to find a spare CCTV camera all of a sudden! No one will hear from me today though as I have been up all night in chronic pain despite being on a cocktail of pain meds, and now feeling exhausted, I will be trying to get some sleep throughout the day today. Then tomorrow I will take my car to Brett Tyres in Bexhill after I have had a route canal done!
16th May 2016 5:17 am
disco-nut
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Location: Kent
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More expense and not the good kind. Took the tyre that the ex neighbourhood psycho put a screw in and had hoped it was repairable, but because I had to drive on the flat tyre for the short distance that I did to get to a safe place to pull over, the tyre was completely knackered. So now have a replacement tyre on it. But at least it is sorted now. The police are now looking to fit a CCTV camera in my road asap as it isn't just my car that is getting damaged.
Hopefully the airhorn will be going on next weekend though
16th May 2016 7:57 pm
Disco dazboy
Member Since: 02 Dec 2013
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 1782
I'm surprised nobody hasn't buried your ex neighbour yet! D3 x2 now gone
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17th May 2016 8:33 am
disco-nut
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I don't understand the last reference lol other than their is a Mr Good in the Mr Men series lol.
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so my job next week will involve 2 things, Airhorn being mounted and wired up as I have ordered the wiring kit 
and the spotlights getting tightened up.
Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
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for a next door neighbour is no longer my neighbour. They have found some other saps to live through hell with him as their neighbour. Sadly he is taking his time getting his stuff removed from the property. However the neighbours in my street are really pleased, but we are bracing ourselves for his final act. Several cars including mine have been vandalised, targeting particular residents and their visitors. So I have demanded that the police take some sort of action as we know who it is doing it!
